Web Design Business with Josh Hall

Josh shares 3 keys for helping you choose the right website builder for your web design business.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - The builder

• Do you like the tool itself (even if you are a beginner)? 
• Do you enjoy being in it, find it user friendly, like the UX, have fun and see yourself growing with it over the years.
• Does it suit your need for empowering clients (ie client access, etc)

06:27 - The community

• Does it have a supportive community?
• Is the community behind it large enough and helpful enough to help when you get stuck, want to partner up for scaling or hiring, have resources for training?

11:22 - The company

• Do you trust the company behind it?
• Is the company that built and runs the platform established, trusted and empowering to their customers? 
• Do you trust that they'll be there for the long haul?

16:55 - Recap

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https://joshhall.co/258

Web Design Professional April Ray shares how she offers and sells email marketing to her web design clients and what’s involved with her plans, how she manages them and more!

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
03:44 - Greeting to April
06:25 - Have three offers
14:02 - Email practicality
18:35 - Social media posting
23:21 - Different strategies
26:46 - Setting expectations
29:22 - When to sell email
40:55 - Pricing email
49:33 - Email & SEO
53:04 - Scaling with superpowers
1:00:40 - How to start email sales

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https://joshhall.co/257

Dean Jones of WPML.org, one of the leading multilingual plugins for WordPress, shares best practices for translation services on websites from optimizing personally, using AI and multilingual tools.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
03:32 - Greeting to Dean
05:29 - Partners more than ads
09:00 - Sites that need translation
13:52 - Localization
18:09 - Cultural nuances
21:04 - Research
24:54 - AI & WPML plug-in
29:16 - Why not Google
36:25 - How many languages
43:02 - Human translator
47:10 - Recent success story
49:11 - Currencies
53:39 - Future plans

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https://joshhall.co/256

Josh shares the second phase of his journey exploring how he went from agency owner to full time course creator.

In This Episode

03:42 - Fall 2019 started the podcast (formerly Josh Hall Web Design Show)
05:23 - Spring 2020 completed suite of web design courses
07:55 - Summer 2020 sold In Transit Studios to Eric (view josh.intransit studios.com) for my freelancer example site
15:15 - Fall 2020 launched my web design community (formerly Web Design Club)
17:22 - Winter 2021 launched the student center/deleted facebook groups
19:11 - Spring 2021 launched a (minor dud) course
22:22 - Summer 2021 started my instagram
24:12 - Fall 2021 maintenance course 2.0
25:03 - Refined and supported courses
25:12 - Grew the club
27:52 - Spring 2022 rebranded the podcast
29:39 - Went through wild family season
32:20 - Winter 2022 sold Divi Web Designers FB group
33:57 - Winter 2023 rebranded the club to Web Designer Pro

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https://joshhall.co/255

Lawyer/web designer Ann Koppuzha of powerhouse-legal.com shares her insight on the legal side of web design including what web designers need to know and have in place with contracts, copyrights, tax setups and more.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
03:52 - Greeting to Ann
05:09 - Being a unicorn
07:32 - Starting out
12:39 - Good rule to remember
15:41 - Contracts
23:51 - Two sections
29:50 - Business entities
34:58 - S.Corp or LLC
40:48 - Start-up expenses
42:13 - Established business
47:00 - Insurance
54:47 - Taking legal action
59:49 - Imitation flattery
1:07:43 - Trademark thoughts
1:09:57 - Finding Ann
1:12:59 - When to take it seriously

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https://joshhall.co/254

Networking coach, personal friend of Josh and author of the new book “Networking Essentials for Success” Chris Borja shares his proven framework for making networking easy, fun and doable for even the world’s most introverted introvert.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
03:04 - Greeting to Chris
06:28 - Current landscape
10:53 - Networking tip
15:32 - Helping others
18:10 - Personal development
21:12 - Dominate a “major”
23:47 - Cringeworthy moment
30:26 - Step 1 Clarity
33:15 - Step 2 Mindset
36:57 - Step 3 Tools 
38:45 - Step 4 Meeting people
40:57 - Step 5 Build relationships
45:36 - Step 6 Brand & network
47:18 - Step 7 Collaborations
51:12 - Trust travels
56:01 - Final suggestions

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https://joshhall.co/253

Josh shares some insight on how web designers can utilize YouTube to get clients and repurpose video content for client training. This is a clip taken from a recent weekly coaching session in Web Designer Pro™

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
01:59 - Getting going
03:06 - Pixels to profit
04:25 - Making content
05:59 - Have a plan
07:24 - Regretting YouTube
08:44 - Different playlists
09:43 - Web Designer Pro

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https://joshhall.co/252

Owner of YourAgencyAuthority.com Melissa Morris shares her top tips for creating systems and operations that will help you save time, reduce overwhelm and enjoy your business day to day.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
02:21 - Greeting to Melissa
05:16 - Accidental mismatch
08:48 - Intentional SOP’s
11:44 - Stress is a systems problem
15:12 - Map the workflow first
21:37 - SOP’s are different
23:46 - Building your tool
29:35 - Do this first
31:31 - Get out of your head
34:37 - SOP’s for SOP’s
43:57 - Everything in place
46:16 - A visual example
48:43 - Track your tools
51:56 - Set a goal
55:35 - Success story

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https://joshhall.co/251

Author of “Profit First”, the recent hit “Fix This Next” and a slew of other entrepreneurial business books, Mike Michalowicz shares his insight on how too many sales can potentially be a bad thing, standing out as an imposter, the challenges for accidental entrepreneurs and more.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
03:12 - Greeting to Mike
05:39 - Some challenges
07:52 - Perspective of success
09:48 - “I suck” syndrome
11:47 - Competition is small
14:47 - Making problems worse
17:07 - Go for the walk
19:52 - DNA across industries
22:59 - Sales stress
24:22 - Right fix, wrong time
26:32 - Cater to the 4%
29:40 - Mike’s latest fixes

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https://joshhall.co/250

CEO and Founder of GeekPack.com Julia Taylor sheds light on the growing movement of “friendly web developers” and shares how she sees the industry narrative towards developers, which isn’t typically nice, changing with this new movement.

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
02:34 - Greeting to Julia
05:07 - Original struggles
08:00 - Reason for community
11:27 - WordPress and code
13:36 - Knowing other languages
16:42 - Open doors
19:27 - The most important
22:12 - “Geek” personalities
26:38 - Female avatar
31:13 - Perception is reality
33:35 - Be kind
37:10 - Thoughts on AI
41:53 - How to talk to clients
43:49 - What’s the why
53:38 - Geek pack opportunities
58:29 - Dream big

Get all links, resources and show notes at:

https://joshhall.co/249